Foot-power mechanism.



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FOOT POWERMEGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 14, 1909. BENEWED NOV'. Q2, 1811 Patented Juy 2, NM2 y lJ. STE, F NEW' 2702K', N. Y., ASSIGNOR TG NEW' YORK ATTACHABLE AC'ETQT CCP., A CORPORATION OF NEVI YORK.

noemen .pplieacn filed. May 1969, Eloi-i511 No, 495,866. Renewed November :22, 1911.

To all' 'whom 2.15 'may 1 known that l, RAY 15.7. SCOTT, o. citizen of ine Unie' liai'es. residing el'. New

of New York end .ave invented Certain Qlploveznens in Footl l 'the ollowing is e mechanism enen as a on nulonnliie one.` n is another side elevelion showing 'the posiion of the nppw reflue half etemled 'for use. lig. :i side elevation show e apparatus in its closed posilion, l? sv looking lil'om right to left poyions 'broken away,

2 :ind Filis e side elevon, partly lnoken away ilius'linling the device closed up in 'the inierio of he Toi o easing.

5 is the pinne easing a d ifie inni. of

the pieno. l ille nel Specification of Leaers Patent.

30 able mechanism inside f with ing;l o healing iioo'l. honed. 1". .noord is having; 'lle 'jeeiimf is zn 1 snpolt or inev- :zlble .se l?. 'The link 1o is else provisie neming in 1yche empi pori. 13 Show linksH and 15 4C- zn'e pi'ov" led w ne their oppoeite extremileei elle linl" 1S n'hiidi-'is pivol-ed ,.1 1. '1 L .1.` 'l J.

opposite eno lne l-eohel on lined bese 17. 18 .fspiing clin adopted lo en gage lhe lop 212e of the foot boord 11 when 45 tie Seine eJfCl-led ae illustrated in Figs. 3

and el.

n opelnlion the device di'awn onil in' 'the oel-.ion illnsti'nied in Fig. 1 and as the foot is n'efssod upon the hoard 11 lheloel- 50 lows is foi-ood against llie :l0-lion of ille Spring 19 and is Iiiuluzllly lelnined to the origin-.xl poHlon 'lyon1 whwh 1b again opeinllll hg.' 'lmlhei' @meteoro ispo; the 'loot l of hoord -I @nilo-negli.

Patented Jelly fz), 1131.2.

Serial No. 661,848.

' the linlgs 8 and 9 expanding the een eegeinst the notion of the Spring 19. The reaction of this 'tln'nst is laken on the hearing :1nd is eolnnninicnled through the linke 1-/1 ond 15 to lihe bracket l?, lle base lf3 heine' malininined in upright Aposition oy 'ille level 15 also otlnehed lo the linl; 16. The closing" operation is elieoted by pi'eseing lhe devine inwardly which. Causes the oot board 11 and link Sl to rise upwardly, lho links and 16 following' andino lever 15 nlovably connes*- ed to the end of the link 16 causing lhe niovable base 13 to Swingv upwardly on the been ing 12 as illnstraled in Fig. 2, 'that when the combination is plessed back against the l'i'ont ol' the piano the same. is snugly; Closed together as illuetmied in Figs. 3 and r.

Of course it will he undeleood limo ihe alloelnnent een be placed farther into the inferior of the piano so 'that when folded in poeiion it will siand inside of the front el' the piano whieli may be closed with .snil1 able panel or door,

Various; other modifications may he Ine le without departing from ille spiiri o? the invenion os Covered by une oleinie.

l claim: l

1. ln a foot power device, ofist noaa and power mech. l. ni, n. oonneolling :lod eonnee'ed to said power mechanism i' seid foot board, o fined enppof' lined support, and e.. pail" of eonneeii rods eonneoec. 'between said second con ing nod and smid niovlll'lly connected support whereby Seid inoveble Support is`uined inwzudly when said device .is foldec. ogethei.

In a. :ooy poney device, e foot hemd and power mechanism, connecting `nod eonneoted to seid newer meohaniem and eo seid foot board, e x'ed support, o movable suppo'i; being adapted to support the end of Seid foo-t board, n Second connecting rod, connected to Suid lined sl'lppoi, and e pair of connecting?)y rods oonnoeed between said second eonneeing rod' and said. nlovn'bly connected support whereby said movable support is turned inwaudly when Said devieo is ii'oldod together.

B. ln u loot power device, :L foot boord and poner nnwlmnism, n connecting rofl connected lo said power mechanism and lo mill 'foot hoard. :l Huppoil, 2L movable sul port being adopted to support The endo said foot board, a second connecting rod n testn'mny whereof I afx my Signature connected to sind support mld u pauo c0n- 1n presence of two Wltneseg,

nectmg rods conueccd bekwaam Ysmd second RAY "W, SCOTT. connecmg rods and snld moxmale support Vlinesses:

whereby said movable support is turned n- LOUISE Fmwumat wardly when sind dcvlce 1s foldcd together. THOMAS A. HILL. 

